16 Colombia - Nariño
In Nariño department, Afro-Colombian families are trying to implement
the 1991 Constitution and Law 70, which guarantees them the land on which
they have historically lived. Many communities have been displaced by
the expansion of oil palm plantations, and by Colombia's paramilitary
and military groups who protect the projects. In this area near Tumaco,
Afro Colombians have recovered part of their lands, and seek to force
palm growers to give up the rest. Pictured: a bus driver pilots his ancient
vehicle through a recovered palm plantation.